Technology stops you sleeping

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.” ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote Technology has made amazing differences in our lives. Whether it is TV’s, mobile phones, tablet PC’s, laptops, games consoles and the like; we are surrounded by technology. […]

This is the Now

“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” ― Lao Tzu We spend so much of our lives living inside our own heads, it’s a wonder we ever have the time to […]

Being in the Moment

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx This […]

Another year on….

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” ― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You! This weekend I celebrated my birthday. Another year older, perhaps a little wiser, and definitely, my grateful. Grateful, you might ask? Yes. I have my health, I am […]

Who are you? Really you? What is your identity?

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.” ― William James A fundamental question for you? Who are you? If you answered with you name and current job role, then that is not the whole you. You are much more than that. You are the accumulation […]

Stranger cities and acts of kindness

“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” ― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter. It always amazes me when I go to London, that whilst the place is buzzing with life; as people rush from place to place; at the same time it feels strange. Remote even. Possibly even cold. These thoughts follow […]

What you see and hear isn’t always what it seems

Our prisons are other people’s eyes; our cages are their thoughts. – Ruby Wax, from her autobiography, How do you want me? The world revolves around the events and the interactions that we all participate in. We create our own world inside of us; recreating and reinforcing our thoughts and perceptions, moment by moment, every […]

The Mindfulness tool, the Breath

“are you breathing, are you lucky enough to be breathing” ― Hettie Jones One of the primary mindfulness tools that is available to each and every one of us and that we have free unfettered access to, is our breath. Until I came to mindfulness, I did not really think about the breath. Well, unless […]

One of life’s pleasures is on the decline, Reading

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons One of my life’s pleasures, perhaps an addiction, has been reading. I can remember reading from a very early age. In fact, I used to use a […]

Reflective Sunday

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard Is Sunday still special for you? Is it still different to the other days of the week? To us in the west, it is the day of rest; reflection; religion and recharge. In some Muslim countries and Israel, Sunday is […]